Louisiana State University

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  • Name

    Louisiana State University

  • Herbarium Code

    LSU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Laura Lagomarsino, Director, llagomarsino1@lsu.edu
    Jennifer Kluse, Collections Manager, jkluse@lsu.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 225 578 8564
    Fax: [1] 225 578 2597
    Email: llagomarsino1@lsu.edu

  • Address

    Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Louisiana State University
    131 Life Sciences Building
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-1705
    U.S.A.
    http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/plants

  • CITES

    US 236

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens; Plants focus on Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, and Poaceae

    Geography: Louisiana; southeastern U.S.; worldwide, mostly New World

  • Notes

    Updated 2022 (mailing address); Updated Aug 2017 (correspondent/contact information, important collections, incorporated herbaria, specimen total). Please note that the Tulane University Herbarium (NO) has been relocated to LSU and should continue to be cited \\\"NO\\\". Books in the Minna F. Koch Memorial Library will remain at Tulane University.

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  • Number of Specimens

    400000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    1869

  • Updated

    28/06/2023

  • Associated Institution

    Louisiana State University

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Eglin Air Force Base - Wildland Fire Center in 2012 (1,737specimens;
    entire);
    entire);
    entire).;
    LSUS in 2016 (ca. 6,000 specimens;
    MCN in 2016 (1,223 specimens;
    NLU in 2019 (60,000 specimen repatriation;
    NO in 2016 (120,000 specimens;
    partial);
    partial);
    partial);
    TTRS in 2015 (1,018 bryophytes

  • Important Collectors

    Fr. G. Arsène, P. Barbour, C. A. Brown, A. Featherman, N. F. Peterson, I. Vélez, E. C. Wurzlow, W. M. Carpenter, S. Darwin, J. Hale, J. F. Joor, J. L. Riddell, L. Urbatsch, J. Ewan, A. Gray, S. C. Tucker, D. A. Breil, A. B. Langlois